I was denied a meter reading job?

Question

after what seemed to be a pleasant and positive interview. I was told I was passed over for the job by someone who had "previous meter reading experience". Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't meter reading another form of an over-glorified paper route, with a tad more responsibility?

Answer 1

I believe you are right. Perhaps good eyesight, strong legs, and a nice big musdache were in order, and you only had 2 out of the 3.

Answer 2

Wouldn't you hire someone with experience and a track record for the job with everything else being the same?

I would not assume that the person they hired didn't also have a pleasant and positive interview and maybe even a better attitude toward the job. They are looking for the best qualified candidate.

Keep looking... I'm sure you'll find a good job.

Answer 3

One has nothing to do with the other. Some paper route carriers are better than others. There are skill involved.
do not be discouraged . Apply again when there is another opening and in the meantime look for another job.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Your poem of the pre-Tribulation Rapture is suggestion-scary, despite the fact that I have no idea if I could name it frightening. It could on the whole evoke a visceral reaction in Fundamentalists, nevertheless. Yes, your meter used to be inconsistent (as when you cared!), however you evoked a reaction, painted a brilliant if imaginary situation, and gave no less than one card-wearing atheistic mathematician motive to pause and ponder the magnificent range of our species and the richness of our highbrow history. A so much pleasant poem...

Answer 5

Skeptics right. Everything else being equal they will go with the person that has done it before.